Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked gas & auto chains
Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. TLG Peterbilt and Alamo Rent A Car sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TLG Peterbilt | ▲5 | +20.0% |
| 2 | Alamo Rent A Car | ▲10 | +19.7% |
| 3 | Hot Spot | ▲9 | +19.1% |
| 4 | Royal Farms | ▲2 | +16.5% |
| 5 | Murphy USA | - | +14.8% |
| 6 | GATE Gas Station | ▲7 | +13.0% |
| 7 | Quality Plus | - | +12.3% |
| 8 | Murphy Express | ▲8 | +11.8% |
| 9 | Sam's Xpress Car Wash | ▲1 | +10.9% |
| 10 | Mobil | ▲6 | +10.6% |
| 11 | Thomas Tire & Automotive | ▲4 | +9.9% |
| 12 | Refuel | ▲1 | +9.3% |
| 13 | Ingles Gas Express | ▲3 | +9.1% |
| 14 | HotSpot Convenience Stores | ▲5 | +9.1% |
| 15 | Raceway | ▲3 | +8.1% |
Store footprint
Store map
10,149 tracked store locations in North Carolina, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 2,024 of the 10,149 stores (20%); 3,833 of the 4,173 tracked chains have a single store here.
- Gas Stations & Convenience Stores (3,949)
- Auto Repair Service (2,229)
- Auto Parts Store (1,250)
- Vehicle Service (803)
- Car Dealer (800)
- Car Wash (509)
- Auto Rental Service (175)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Exxon 521
- 2 Shell 481
- 3 Circle K 431
- 4 BP 301
- 5 Advance Auto Parts 290
- 6 Speedway 266
- 7 AutoZone 247
- 8 O'Reilly Auto Parts 232
- 9 Marathon 231
- 10 NAPA Auto Parts 156
- 11 7-Eleven 138
- 12 Citgo 138
- 13 Sheetz 137
- 14 Sunoco 117
- 15 Murphy USA 91
- 16 Enterprise Rent-A-Car 85
- 17 Valvoline Instant Oil Change 78
- 18 Strickland Brothers 10 Minute Oil Change 67
- 19 Jiffy Lube 67
- 20 Mavis Discount Tire 62
- 21 Firestone Complete Auto Care 59
- 22 Refuel 56
- 23 Caliber Collision 53
- 24 76 52
- 25 Discount Tire 49
- 26 QuikTrip 44
- 27 Black's Tire & Auto Service 44
- 28 Mr. Tire Auto Service Centers 43
- 29 U-Haul Neighborhood Dealer 41
- 30 Han-Dee Hugo's 39
- 31 Carquest Auto Parts 38
- 32 Handy Mart 38
- 33 Precision Tune Auto Care 38
- 34 Meineke Car Care Center 36
- 35 Mobil 35
- 36 Sam's Xpress Car Wash 35
- 37 Scotchman 31
- 38 Quality Plus 30
- 39 Whistle Express Car Wash 28
- 40 Take 5 Oil Change 28
- 41 Sam's Mart 24
- 42 Leonard Truck Outfitters 23
- 43 Quality Mart 21
- 44 Pilot Flying J 21
- 45 Minuteman Food Mart 20
- 46 Penske Truck Rental 19
- 47 Hertz 18
- 48 Ingles Gas Express 15
- 49 Wawa 15
- 50 Avis Car Rental 15
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